habitation
The act of inhabitingThe act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
» This house was declared unfit for human habitation.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Wohnen
прожива́ниеproživánije, обита́ниеobitánije
ме́шканняméškannja, прожива́нняprožyvánnja
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
(countable)A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Behausung
жильёžilʹjó, ме́сто жи́тельстваmésto žítelʹstva, жили́щеžilíšče
поме́шканняpoméškannja
(countable, uncountable)A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
(Louisiana)A farm, ranch or plantation.
Examples
6 sentencesThis house was declared unfit for human habitation.
Certain industries advocated creating megastructures in space for habitation with artificial gravity.
You shall not eat any thing leavened: in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.
They dig burrows for their winter residence, and the females suckle their young at the bottom of their habitations.
Some desert areas in Algeria are completely unfit for human habitation.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”)From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
Borrowed from Louisiana French habitation.
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Forms
plural: habitations| Singular | habitation |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men):inhabitancyinhabitation
- housing that someone is living in:dwellinghomedomicileabodedwelling house
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable